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Originally Posted by Observer There's been a major shakeup to the TLC card ahead of Sunday's pay-per-view. WWE.com announced today that Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt are off of the show due to medical issues that are impacting them. In Reigns' place, Kurt Angle will be wrestling in a WWE ring for the first time in over a decade as he teams with Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins against The Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Kane in a tables, ladders, and chairs match. The in-ring reunion of The Shield, which the PPV was heavily built around in the weeks leading up to the show, will now be delayed until some point after TLC. SmackDown's AJ Styles will fill in for Wyatt in his match against Finn Balor, which means that the two former leaders of the Bullet Club will be facing off for the first time on short notice. Wyatt, his brother Bo Dallas, and Jojo have been off of TV, with Dallas having an undisclosed illness.

Originally Posted by Observer After announcing some major shakeups to the TLC card earlier this afternoon, WWE issued a statement to ESPN about the reason behind the changes. "We have confirmed that three of our performers have been diagnosed with a viral infection," a WWE representative told ESPN. "As a precautionary measure, we are ensuring in-ring performers and staff are tested and immunized in accordance with recommended medical guidelines." The company revealed earlier this afternoon that Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt won't be wrestling at Sunday's pay-per-view due to medical issues that are impacting them. Reigns had been scheduled to team with Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose against The Miz, Cesaro, Sheamus, Braun Strowman & Kane in the show's tables, ladders, and chairs main event but will now be replaced by Kurt Angle.

Originally Posted by Observer Kurt Angle posted on Instagram about returning to the ring at TLC on Sunday: “Is it true??? Oh It's damn true! Your Olympic Hero will be wrestling along side of The Shield at #TLC this Sunday. Be sure to watch. #yourolympicheroisback” Daniel Bryan replied to the news of Angle’s return by posting “Interesting…” and the thinking face emoji.

Link to Angle's announcement: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bae69wQAoj_/ , link to Bryan's response: https://twitter.com/WWEDanielBryan/s...09111140716545

Originally Posted by Observer Kevin Owen's won't be appearing at WWE's three remaining house shows in South America this weekend. WWE announced the news on their website today, citing personal reasons as to why Owens won't be at the shows in Argentina and Chile. Owens did travel to South America with the SmackDown roster and wrestled at last night's event in Buenos Aires, Argentina before missing the rest of the tour.

Originally Posted by Observer There really isn't much to the story of Nia Jax's situation with WWE, which has gotten overblown due to the lack of information out on it. Jax has a few weeks off, until the European tour. You can call it a leave of absence, although she and WWE are both denying that, but that's a vague terminology and it could be called that. WWE's tour of Europe will kick off in Glasgow, Scotland on November 1st. Jax is just resting up since she wasn't figured into any major storylines, but according to those close to her, stories that she stormed off at Raw (she wasn't even at Raw to begin with), asked for a leave of absence, or is unhappy with her pay are all untrue.

Originally Posted by Observer Our Bryan Alvarez tweeted that Finn Balor vs. AJ Styles is currently scheduled to get a good amount of time on Sunday. Alvarez also noted that creative is working on big changes for Raw with Roman Reigns out of action.

Link to the tweets: https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/sta...83071286681600 , https://twitter.com/bryanalvarez/sta...86698353184768

Originally Posted by Observer The mayor of Vancouver declared yesterday “Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Day” due to The Rock’s upcoming “Skyscraper” movie being filmed in the city.

Link to the announcement: https://twitter.com/MayorGregor/stat...41800706932741

Originally Posted by Observer Just a couple of months after she returned from retirement, Impact Wrestling announced today that Taryn Terrell is no longer with the company. “@IAmTarynTerrell & #IMPACT are mutually parting ways,” they wrote. “Taryn would like to pursue other career options and she has our full support. We wish Taryn well in whatever she does next.” It was revealed on last night’s episode of Impact that Terrell is no longer in the Knockouts Championship match at Bound for Glory, with it now being Sienna vs. Gail Kim vs. Allie.

Originally Posted by Observer Impact held their press conference at the Crust & Crate in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada today to reveal the Impact-themed pizza and beverage that will be available at the restaurant from November 4-10. Two types of pizza will be available, with customers choosing between the “Sriracha Scissor Kick” (spicy jerk chicken, roasted corn, black beans, salsa, red onion, jalapenos, and sriracha drizzle) and the “Pulled Pork Piledriver” (pulled pork, pickled onions, red chillies, jalapenos, bacon, and BBQ drizzle). The Impact cocktail has gin, rum, blue curacao, 7-Up, and splashes of lime and lemon.

Originally Posted by PWI The 10/12 edition of Impact did 267,000 overnight viewers, down from last week's 279,000 overnight viewers.

Originally Posted by PWI With the second season of Total Bellas ending next week and the seventh season of Total Divas set to debut the following week, PWInsider.com has learned that WWE is seeking to expand its reality series net as part of its partnership with Bunim-Murray productions, which produces the company's E! reality series. There have been two concepts floating around over the last several weeks: The first would be a reality series similar to Total Bellas, but focused on the Miz and Maryse. The potential series, we are told, would focus on their in-ring exploits as well as their personal lives and adventures as a married couple in Hollywood. With the couple expecting their first child, one would think that could be one of the hooks that drive the series as the Hollywood night life is far removed from being first-time parents, We are told the concept for the series is that it would also feature the couple's best friends from real life, including WWE star Dolph Ziggler. The second discussed series would be something of an amalgamation of the old Tough Enough series, the old Diva Searches and the competition era of the WWE NXT brand. The concept would "seek out" a new female WWE star. We are told the idea that has been passed around would be that the series places its competitors on the road with WWE as they all travel together via tour bus. There would be weekly competitions that would lead to eliminations before one final winner is crowned, earning a WWE contract. WWE has been looking to revive the Diva Search idea for some time but has yet to actually do so, so this may just be the latest effort in that attempt.

Originally Posted by PWI The 2017 WWE Tribute to the Troops special will air on the USA Network on Thursday 12/14, PWInsider.com has confirmed. WWE will film the special on Tuesday 12/5 as part of the Smackdown Live taping in San Diego, CA at the Valley View Casino Center.

Originally Posted by PWI Jimmy Jacobs, who was released two weeks ago from WWE Creative, is returning to his roots as a professional wrestler. Billed as "Unprofessional" Jimmy Jacobs (playing off of the idea that he was so by taking the photo with Bullet Club outside of Raw in Ontario, California), Jacobs has been announced for dates with Beyond Wrestling and CZW. CZW tweeted: BREAKING - GET 100RT's: Jimmy Jacobs RETURNS to the Combat Zone 11/11/17!#NightOfInfamy pic.twitter.com/Xoj7MBT8ga — CZW Wrestling (@combatzone) October 20, 2017 Beyond Wrestling announced: Wanna score tickets for #Unprofessional on 11/12 in Somerville, MA tonight? Sign up for our email blasts ASAP: https://t.co/syXBUemLDf pic.twitter.com/PI9ltvufI6 — Beyond Wrestling (@beyondwrestling) October 20, 2017

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE will begin airing Survivor Series commercials soon that focus on the RAW vs. SmackDown rivalry, according to PWInsider. The ads note that the brands are fighting for "bragging rights" at the big event that takes place on November 19th from the Toyota Center in Houston. WWE Champion Jinder Mahal vs. WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is set to take place but there's no word yet on other blue vs. red matches.

Originally Posted by WrestleInc WWE is still having talks with UK promotions PROGRESS Wrestling and Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW) to bring their programming to the WWE Network under the planned tiered-system that has not launched.

Originally Posted by Observer The most important is the health of the competitors. From 1984 to 2010, the death rate of major league pro wrestlers was ridiculously high. You can take nearly any profession, and even by percentage, people who served in wars (and we’ve run those numbers and people got inflamed by the results in all the wrong ways), rock stars, NFL players, and the death rates, particularly heart attack death rates of people who were heavily into pain pills and steroids, was high. The WWF did test seriously from 1992 to 1996, and during that period, things got a lot better. But for a combination of financial reasons, and competition reasons, they dropped the program. WCW tested, but everyone involved would acknowledge the WCW testing was a farce and during the early stages of the wrestling war, a generally older WCW main event roster was more physically impressive than a younger WWF roster. At one point Vince McMahon got so mad about it they ran skits accusing Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage of being on steroids, and at another point challenged WCW to do the same level of testing they were doing. When WCW started gaining in popularity, McMahon made the call to drop the testing. The death rate of wrestlers in the late 90s, and this cut across WWF, WCW and ECW, and all were bad, on a percentage basis there wasn’t much difference, was horrible. It was not the same in Japan and Mexico.

From this week's Observer Newsletter discussing wrestlers dying before the age of 50 and the origins for the spike in deaths.


Some other sheet news includes:

• WWE announces the Finn Balor vs AJ Styles match will still feature the Demon persona for Balor.
• WWE UK champion Pete Dunne recently got his first official piece of merch in the WWE. http://shop.wwe.com/pete-dunne-bruis...604247&start=1
• WrestleInc currently claiming the illness spreading around the RAW roster is mumps. WWE has yet to confirm nor deny this being the actual illness. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...affecting-wwe/
• Recent episode of the Edge & Christian podcast show had Edge discuss about Nakamura's struggles to be a top star in the WWE and why he thinks Nakamura won't be able to do so on the main brands. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...ill-get-there/
• Fan Buzz had a recent interview with Ted DiBiase talking about his best moment from his wrestling career, his trademark laugh, difficulties of traveling during his career, not wanting his sons to be wrestlers, and managing Steve Austin in the WWF. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...-steve-austin/
• In a "WWE Did You Know" type fact, Kazuchika Okada is currently 2 days away from holding the longest IWGP Heavyweight championship reign in NJPW history. Okada has held the belt for 488 days while the current record is 489 days by Shinya Hashimoto.

Some stuff from the TPWW Frontpage:

• Various: Cody Rhodes Makes More $ in ROH, Jacobs Wrestling, WWN/FITE
• JR Thinks Conor McGregor Will Get “Massive Check” From WWE in Future